Toussaint L

It’s funny how this subject is coming up at this time. On 7/26/08 I responded to some statements an individual wrote regarding the government of Haiti and how they don’t care about the people.

My discussion regarding the topic went something like this:

While I feel your passion in your statements and agree with you on some points, I disagree with you on other points.

In every country, you have the haves and the have-nots, the kings/queens and the commons, the people and the government, the well-informed and the not-so-well-informed, the oppressed and the oppressors.

It’s easy to distinguish from this list the ones who are in power and the ones who are not (or is it).

Since the revolutionary period against the French, from1971-1804 (which started with the SLAVES and was joined by freedman Louverture) there has never been another period when Haitians were together (in unity) aiming for a common goal in one body (not PARTIES).

Oh yes, there has been plenty of times when individuals or organizations (we know them best as �"PARTIES”) got together, agreed on a certain ideology of how that individual of party feels is the best route for the country to take to improve.

I look at Haiti’s flag and zoom in on the inscription in the center �"L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE” (Unity Makes Strength) and I ask myself if others, the government and the common citizens, read what I read and believe in it. But then I get my answer everyday from the local radio station informing that three more children failed to the gun by kidnappers because the children’s families did not have the ransom or the kidnappers killed the children anyway, although the money was rendered.

And I get my answer from watching two Haitian ladies tell each other off because they can’t agree on who should get the front seat of the bus. I also get my answer from visiting the website of the American embassy in Haiti, warning their citizens not to go to Haiti because, not only is it the worst tourist site, but there’s a very high probability that they will not return back to America safely.

I definitely get my answer when I hear one neighbor going after the other with a machete because his child is ill and he is certain that it’s the other neighbor who’s trying to eat the kid.

I say all this to point out that, yes, the government might be as bad as you described (if not worst) but the non-governmental citizens of Haiti contributes tremendously to the condition of our loved-but-can’t-be-helped country.

Personally, I feel that it’s the people of Haiti (those Haitians living in Haiti and those living outside of Haiti) who makes Haiti.

When a Haitian individual looks at Haiti, they should see themselves and rightly when that Haitian looks at themselves they should see Haiti.

Maybe the reason why this terrible government is in power until now is because we’re not ready.

All Haitians need to ask themselves this question and answer it. What are you as an individual doing in your everyday life to train yourself to be in a state (mentally and physically) of unity and strength?!

Yes, Yes, Yes, Haiti is to be recognized and given a standing ovation for being the first black republic nation in the west. I command Mr. Glover for this tremendous effort and I pray God that the movie do well and be an oscar winner.

But most importantly I pray that this movie will be a way to open Haitians’ eyes and mind to come together and find (not try) the common solution and approach to re-revolutionize Haiti.

The Haitian revolution, and victory, is one of the most powerful influences of my knowing my self-worth and having such passion for fellow Haitians.

When Haiti defeated the French and gained freedom, nothing like it had ever been heard of prior to that faithful day, so nobody thought it was possible.

Only the Haitians had faith that it could be done. I’m sure many countries doubted Haitians and took it as a joke for us to even attempt such a journey, let alone win. But we did it. We did it so well that we invented our own language and was able to communicate with each other without the interference French.

WOW! As Woodring declared in his statements �"Haiti has been, for a long time, paying the price for standing up for liberty.

Haiti has been, for a long time, ignored and isolated for forcing the white man to lay down his whip and learn to respect the black man. Haiti has been, for a long time, a threat to the world order for allowing the black man to stare at the white man in the eye as his equal

The thought of Haiti being the black, independent, poor country that will rise up unite its people, from poverty, and live on this earth according to the fullness that God designed for Haiti is unheard of now days. But if any country can do it, Haiti can. I pray for unity between all my Haitian brothers and sisters, rich and poor, dark-skinned and light-skinned, government and citizens, intellectuals and more. God be with us.

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